White Coat Wisdom Author Speaks March 9, UM-Dearborn Campus

Feb. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- Stephen J. Busalacchi, the author of the award-winning oral history, White Coat Wisdom, will speak at the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus on March 9 at 1:30. The presentation will be at the CASL building,
room 1030, 4901 Evergreen Road. The presentation is free and open to the public.
   Busalacchi is a medical journalist and honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. His book was named a "USA Best Books 2011: finalist in the health category. It also earned first place in the health category of the Eric Hoffer Book Award.
   "White Coat Wisdom is a compelling, enlightening, and skillful work of oral history," says Dave Isay, Founder of StoryCorps, heard on NPR. "An absolutely fascinating book. Studs Terkel would be proud!"
   Most people have a family doctor, but how well do they really know him or her? In his book, Busalacchi introduces readers to physicians who discuss unique experiences with lessons for everybody. In doing so, readers receive practical advice for solving society’s and individuals’ intractable health problems.
   "If you hope to understand what it means to be an excellent physician, the doctors in White Coat Wisdom provide gripping examples of their most excruciating and joyful experiences," says Michael Bliss, PhD, History of Medicine, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.
   White Coat Wisdom is about the grit necessary to overcome substantial obstacles and ultimately discover true fulfillment in one’s personal and professional life. And in the process of hearing how these doctors came to be, readers learn insights about medicine that will help them better their own lives.
   Stephen J. Busalacchi has more than 25 years of experience in medical journalism. He has reported for National Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Radio, and has received more than two dozen journalism awards, in addition to public relations awards.

“Doctors' lives are always interesting, especially when the reader is allowed behind the curtain. White Coat Wisdom is a good read for anyone, but of course, of special interest to the growing number involved in health and medicine."—C. Everett Koop, MD, U.S. Surgeon General, 1981-1989.

White Coat Wisdom: Extraordinary doctors talk about what they do, how they got there and why medicine is so much more than a job by Stephen J. Busalacchi. 2nd edition, 6 x 9 hardcover, 474 pages, 48 illustrations. ISBN-13: 978-0-9794222-56; $35. See http://www.apollosvoice.com for a 300 dpi TIF of the cover and other information. Watch the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjKOMMubz1s



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